The book provides a detailed account of basic coalgebra and Hopf algebra theory with emphasis on Hopf algebras which are pointed, semisimple, quasitriangular, or are of certain other quantum groups. It is intended to be a graduate text as well as a research monograph. more...

This book offers a unique self-contained introduction to group and ring theory, and thoroughly treats the concept of the spectrum of a ring and the Zariski topology, helping the reader transition smoothly from basic abstract algebra to Hopf algebras. more...